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File this under “things I’d never thought about but found very interesting.”

The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas by Adrian Miller

April 4, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

The Slow Food North Louisiana book club was having its inaugural meeting, I mean, no time like pandemic-time for a virtual book group, and this was their first pick, in honor of Black History Month. Quick FYI, “Slow Food” is an International Movement, started in the 1960s in Italy, as sort of a direct response to the commercialization and “fast food-ing” of our culture: it is about celebrating food that is good, clean and fair. It isn’t about healthy or health foods, but about knowing […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Miller, african american history, presidential history, The President's Kitchen Cabinet, U.S. history

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrian Miller, african american history, presidential history, The President's Kitchen Cabinet, U.S. history ·
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“Rooting around in the presidential innards”

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

January 18, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

Listening to Assassination Vacation is like taking a road trip with your strangest friend. Well, Sarah Vowell is on a road trip- and is unabashedly strange- but having her narrate the journey to you is a little cozy, a little crazy, a little creepy- and a LOT of fun. Her morbid fascination with presidential assassins (both would-be and verified) and the zeal for putting friends and relatives into uncomfortable situations is a hoot, and the audio experience feels like gossiping with your own partner-in-crime. She […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History Tagged With: #history, American History, architecture, assassination, memory, monuments, presidential history, Sarah Vowell, travel

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Audiobooks, History · Tags: #history, American History, architecture, assassination, memory, monuments, presidential history, Sarah Vowell, travel ·
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Becoming – Be my friiiiiiiend, Michelle

Becoming by Michelle Obama

March 15, 2019 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

Let me just put this shocker out there: I voted for Obama. Big fan. However, I am not the most politically involved so I wasn’t tuned in to all the goings on of his administration, and also, would not say I had a strong opinion of Michelle Obama. I found her to be a classy lady, and envy her super toned arms, but by and large wasn’t focused on her at all during her eight years in the White House. Her book has been heralded […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Becoming, Michelle Obama, presidential history

cheerbrarian's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Becoming, Michelle Obama, presidential history ·
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Reflections in a Carnival Mirror

July 13, 2017 by Lipton Leave a Comment

“This combination of raw suffering in the workers’ tenements and indifference in the mansions of the ruling elite created a fertile breeding ground for a class of social radical who came to see the dynamite stick and the pistol as the only way to break the cycle of servitude.” – Scott Miller

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 19th Century history, 20th Century history, American History, history, political history, presidential history, scott miller, the president and the assassin, U.S. history

Lipton's CBR9 Review No:20 · Genres: History · Tags: 19th Century history, 20th Century history, American History, history, political history, presidential history, scott miller, the president and the assassin, U.S. history ·
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Untold Stories Unearthed

June 27, 2017 by Ale 2 Comments

Politics in any form is hard for me. I avoid confrontation and disagreement like the plague, so almost everything to do with politics makes me go running for the nearest blanket to hide under. But one of my Political Science students brought me a book catalog from a trip she went on, and The President’s Kitchen Cabinet was in it. I love food and anything to do with it, and looking at the history of politics through the lens of a thing I enjoy made this […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Adrian Miller, african american history, food history, government, politics, presidential history

Ale's CBR9 Review No:13 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Adrian Miller, african american history, food history, government, politics, presidential history ·
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